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Changes in the Everglades National Park Red Drum and Spotted Seatrout Fisheries 1958 - 1978: Fishing Pressure, Environmental Stress, or Natural Cycles? Proceedings of the Red Drum and Seatrout Colloquium, Oct. 19-20, 1978.

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Date Issued:
1978-10
Abstract:
Everglades National Park supports mixed recreational and commercial fisheries for red drum, sciaenops ocellata, and spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Within the 663,750 acres of the coastal waters of the park, there are six ecologically discrete systems ranging from 51,000 to over 164,00 acres each. Commercial fishing is prohibited in a total of 94,000 acres in two of these systems. The number of commercial fishermen involved in these fisheries fluctuated between 125 and 276 from 1963 to 1978. Recreational fishing activity increased steadily from 58,000 angler-days in 1959 to 174,000 in 1965.
Title: Changes in the Everglades National Park Red Drum and Spotted Seatrout Fisheries 1958 - 1978: Fishing Pressure, Environmental Stress, or Natural Cycles? Proceedings of the Red Drum and Seatrout Colloquium, Oct. 19-20, 1978.
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Name(s): Gary E. Davis
Type of Resource: text
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1978-10
Publisher: Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Place of Publication: Homestead, Fla.
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 7 pages
Language(s): English
Abstract: Everglades National Park supports mixed recreational and commercial fisheries for red drum, sciaenops ocellata, and spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus. Within the 663,750 acres of the coastal waters of the park, there are six ecologically discrete systems ranging from 51,000 to over 164,00 acres each. Commercial fishing is prohibited in a total of 94,000 acres in two of these systems. The number of commercial fishermen involved in these fisheries fluctuated between 125 and 276 from 1963 to 1978. Recreational fishing activity increased steadily from 58,000 angler-days in 1959 to 174,000 in 1965.
Identifier: FI05031105 (IID), 1002018 (digitool), fiu:4899 (fedora), AAB8840QF
Note(s): Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2005. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Electronic version created 2005, State University System of Florida.
Subject(s): Spotted seatrout -- Fisheries -- Angling -- Fishing -- Red drum -- Everglades National Park (Fla.)
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Host Institution: FIU